¶ Hana ihola ʻo Noa i kuahu no Iēhova, lālau akula ia i kekahi o nā holoholona maʻemaʻe a pau, a ʻo nā manu maʻemaʻe a pau, a kaumaha akula i nā mōhai kuni ma luna o ke kuahu.
‘A i ka lua o ka lā, e kaumaha aku ʻoe i ke keiki a nā kao kīnā ʻole, mōhai lawehala; a e hoʻomaʻemaʻe lākou i ke kuahu me lākou i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai ia me ka bipi.
¶ “A i ka walu o ka lā, e lawe ʻo ia i ʻelua keiki hipa kāne kīnā ʻole, a i hoʻokahi keiki hipa wahine kīnā ʻole o ka makahiki hoʻokahi, a i ʻekolu paha ʻumi ʻepa o ka palaoa wali, i mōhai ʻai i hui ʻia me ka ʻaila, a i hoʻokahi loga ʻaila.
¶ ‘A inā ʻo kona ʻālana, he mōhai hoʻomalu, a no nā holoholona i kaumaha ai ʻo ia ia, inā he kāne paha, he wahine paha, e mōhai nō hoʻi ʻo ia ia mea me ke kīnā ʻole i mua o Iēhova.
inā e hana hewa ke kahuna i poni ʻia i hewa ai nā kānaka; a laila e lawe mai ʻo ia no ka hewa āna i hana ai, i ka bipi kāne ʻōpiopio kīnā ʻole iā Iēhova i mōhai lawehala.
“Inā e hana kekahi i ka hewa, a lawehala no ka ʻike ʻole, ma nā mea hoʻāno o Iēhova, a laila e lawe mai ʻo ia iā Iēhova no kona hewa, i ka hipa kāne kīnā ʻole no loko mai o nā ʻohana, me ka mea āu i manaʻo ai ma nā sekela kālā, ma muli o ke sekela o ke keʻena kapu, i mōhai hala.
ʻŌlelo aʻela ʻo ia iā ʻAʻarona, “E lawe ʻoe i ke keiki bipi ʻōpiopio i mōhai lawehala, a me ka hipa kāne i mōhai kuni, he kīnā ʻole, a e mōhai aku ma ke alo o Iēhova.
“Akā, auē ka mea hoʻopunipuni, ka mea nāna ka hipa kāne ma loko o kāna ʻohana; akā, ua hoʻolaʻa, a ua mōhai iho i ka mea haumia; no ka mea, he Aliʻi Nui hoʻi wau,” wahi a Iēhova o nā kaua, “A he mea weliweli koʻu inoa i waena o nā lāhui kanaka.”
“Eia ke kau ʻana i ke kānāwai a Iēhova i kauoha mai ai, penei, ‘E ʻōlelo aku i nā mamo a ʻIseraʻela, e lawe mai lākou i ou lā i bipi wahine hou ʻulaʻula maikaʻi kīnā ʻole, ʻaʻole hoʻi i kau ka ʻauamo ma luna ona.
‘A e kaumaha aku ia i kāna mōhai na Iēhova, i hoʻokahi keiki hipa o ka makahiki mua, i mōhai kuni; a i hoʻokahi keiki hipa wahine kīnā ʻole o ka makahiki mua, i mōhai hala; a i hoʻokahi hipa kāne kīnā ʻole i mōhai hoʻomalu;